Welcome to The Office of the Public Defender - Western District of Tennessee

Announcements

Federal Defender Doris Randle-Holt and Assistant Federal Defender David Bell recently participated in the April 2017 graduation ceremony of the Western District of Tennessee District Court's Reentry Program, presided over by Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr.

Federal Defender Doris Randle-Holt and Assistant Federal Defender David Bell recently participated in the April 2017 graduation ceremony of the Western District of Tennessee District Court's Reentry Program, presided over by Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr.

Federal Defender Doris Randle-Holt and Assistant Federal Defender David Bell recently participated in the April 2017 graduation ceremony of the Western District of Tennessee District Court's Reentry Program, presided over by Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr.

Federal Defender Doris Randle-Holt and Assistant Federal Defender David Bell recently participated in the April 2017 graduation ceremony of the Western District of Tennessee District Court's Reentry Program, presided over by Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr.

Serving the Western District of Tennessee

The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee was created in 1974 by the United States District Court under the authority of the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (CJA), 18 U.S.C. § 3006A to provide legal representation to those persons accused of a crime against the United States who are financially unable to afford private counsel.

Every person accused of a crime is entitled to the effective representation of counsel by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution.